Medway has accepted the Nightingale Challenge 2020! At least 20 nurses and midwives who are under 35 from across our Trust will participate in two different leadership development programmes over the year.
One is a six-month bespoke externally facilitated integrated leadership and management programme known as the Connected Matron. Our programme is designed to meet the needs of each individual in relation to where they are on their individual career pathway. The programme has assessment as the core component to identify the skills and capability of each individual participant. We believe this is a critical aspect of the programme and will enable learning to be tailored to the needs of each learner, and enable each participant to develop an individualised plan to achieve their potential and meet the expectations of their role. One of the facilitators will shadow each participant in practice and assess them against jointly set expectations which reflect the core requirements of the role and our Trust values. Each participant will also attend a Development Needs Analysis Centre where managerial aspects of their role will be assessed. We will then tailor master-classes for the participants against the core themes and needs which emerge from the assessment process.
We understand that many of our participants will have undertaken previous leadership development and will be at various stages in their development, therefore we have designed a programme that will focus not only on a core set of skills and expectations but also an individualised approach that will enhance the performance of each participant against a set of clear expectations.
Our second programme is for our Ward Managers, called Leadership for quality and safety. This programme offers a variety of experiential learning activities; the development and implementation of a robust improvement project, and collaborative peer triangles. The expected outcomes of the programme will be that our Ward Managers will
- Identify their leadership style and have greater self awareness
- Report higher levels of confidence within their role and work within the full range of role authority
- Have improved nurse sensitive quality indicators and fewer serious incidents in their area
- Have improved patient experience
- Have greater levels of staff satisfaction
- Understand their role in all aspects of governance
- Are able to lead a quality improvement project
- Understand the strategic objectives of the trust and the wider system in which they work
